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CAT5 straight through does work, but you must check the pinouts to make sure it's a passthrough, pin 1 goes to pin 1, 2 to 2, etc. So you'll most likely want to crimp it yourself.Originally Posted by rbeau30
Shot Works Pro... It's better than scrap paper!!!
You can use the discount code 'Take5' for 5 bucks off.
I always used the Kenwood software that comes free and never had anything it didn't do.
Shot Works Pro... It's better than scrap paper!!!
You can use the discount code 'Take5' for 5 bucks off.
Well done on the Kenwoods and APRS guys - a great combination!
I use CHIRP for my Baofeng UV-5R and RT systems for my Icom ID-51A. From my POV, they are more or less the same. A lot of folks brag on RT systems, but I have found the organization of radio-specific features and settings to be somewhat halfhazard and arbitrary. In actual use, they work the same for me.
Getting a diamond X-50AN this weekend for 2M/70cm. Bought a cheap weather station to put on top of it for stealth reasons. I'll post a pic when done. Hopefully, that should help my xmit and reception from the basement command post.
"Guilty of collusion"
Just dropping in to say "Hey." I'm an Extra, but haven't done a lot with it, and I tend to listen a lot more than talk. I'm glad to see so many new amateurs... keep 'em comin'.
This month I've been a year old lol...
Won't get more into it... mostly due to only interested in Monitoring and local stuff. I don't talk because if my issues with echolink and DRC.
What issues with DRC? I'm listening to their net right now...
"Guilty of collusion"
A while back I was playing with echolink. I connected to their repeater without doing an echotest and my mic was having issues. One of their officers took exception to me connecting and not replying to his calls, he proceeded to somewhat berate me for not replying and recited my physical address over the air.
meh... I sent him an e-mail apologizing for my deviation from "protocol" of connecting to a repeater and not identifying myself.
It is what it is... ever since I just listen and really haven't tried much new in the ham world. I use it for situational awareness anyways, I like listening to the storm chasers.
Last edited by rbeau30; 07-06-2014 at 22:27.
A good radio day for me today! Had problems getting a 30' mast built out of PVC pipe, so bailed on that. Installed a new Diamond X-50NA in the attic, and hearing a lot more than b4. Very cool!
Amazing what you can hear with a HT and a decent antenna in a good location...
"Guilty of collusion"
I've been quite surprised myself. I have no intention of following in my dad's footsteps and collecting QSL cards from all over the world but it is rather amazing what I can hear just sitting at my fly tying table with an FT60R connected to a Diamond antenna in the window.
Thanks for bumping this thread. I will probably join DRC. I hope to make the July meeting and have begun studying for my Extra, which I intend to take at the DRC Hamfest in August. http://www.w0tx.org/
No hobby is immune from people who insist on punishing others for not living up to their own high standards.Please don't let one or two or twenty range nazis take the fun out of your hobby. If you aren't learning...you are dumb or dead.
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